Charles LESPERANCE


The stone reads:
Charles Lesperance
Henrietta
his wife
died July 19, 1902  AE 48 yrs.
Marie Helen
died 1906 age 13 yrs.
This stone is in St. John's cemetery, Keeseville, NY and is
Charles Lesperance, son of Narcisse LESPERANCE and Sophie BARNABE ..

Charles LESPERANCE, born circa 1840?, married Henriette BRIEN or BRION 9 May 1873, and had more than 4 children as reported by Elaine Brihio:
Charles L'Esperance married 9 May 1873 (M-7), Keeseville, NY to Henrietta Brion daughter of Joseph Brion and Marie Angelique Fontaine, born 10 Mar 1855, Keeseville, NY (Extract by V.Easley DeMarce), died 19 July 1902 (gravestone), buried 21 July 1902 (S-19), Keeseville, NY.

1.  Charles, baptised 8 Jun 1874 (B-51)
Charles jr., b 1896; d 1970; m (1) Elizabeth Rock, (2) Rose Charrow (1896-1982)

2.  Peter, (Pierre E.,) born & baptised 5 Nov 1875 (B-107/108), died 1959 (gravestone), Keeseville.

3.  Marguerite, born 18 April 1878, baptised 6 May 1878 (B-37)

4.  William Olivier, born 5 Dec 1879, baptised 14 Dec 1879 (B-129)( headstone: William Lesperance (1879-1952); Ida Provost, his wife (1881-1956))

5.  Marie Agatha, born 23 April 1882, baptised 27 May 1882 (B-38)

6.  Henrietta Elizabeth, baptised 28 Jun 1884 (B-51 note: parents and godparents were reversed in this entry.  Godparents were Cyrille Brion and Emma Bracormier)

7.  Louis Andre, baptised 7 Feb 1886 (B-11)

8.  Joseph Narcisse, born 25 Feb 1888, baptised 28 Apr 1888 (B-16)

9.    Anne, baptised 2 Mar 1890 (B-10)

10.  Thomas, baptised 7 Feb 1892 (B-7)

11.  Mary Anne Helene, baptised 16 July 1893 (B-36)(Marie Helen, b 1893; d 1906; buried with parents; died 1906 age 13 yrs..)

12.  Lulicite Esther, baptised 21 Oct 1894 (B-48)

13.  Marie Ellen, born 15 Oct 1896, baptised 3 Nov 1896 (B-50)

14.  Agnes Denise, baptised 23 Jun 1902 (B-34)

William Lesperance

LESPERANCE
WILLIAM                   IDA  PROVOST
                                                  his wife
                                                              1879-1952                               1881-1956

Sources:
The primary author of this work is Gerald O. LESPERANCE, grandson of Oliver LESPERANCE, who is willing to provide family members with the latest information on his Lesperance research. Contact   Jerry Lesperance. E-mail   lesperanj001@hawaii.rr.com

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Subject: Lesperance
Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1999 20:25:38 -0500
From:  "Elaine M. Brehio" <  EBREHIO@prodigy.net  >
Noticed the Lesperance surname on the Clinton County Surname list.  I have a Charles Lesperance married to Henrietta Brion (Brien/Breau/Brault, etc.)  They had about 14 children and I think they lived in Keesville.  Any connection??
Sincerely,   Elaine Brehio
More from Elaine:
This is what I have on Charles and Henrietta and their family:
Charles L'Esperance married 9 May 1873 (M-7), Keeseville, NY to Henrietta Brion daughter of Joseph Brion and Marie Angelique Fontaine, born 10 Mar 1855, Keeseville, NY (Extract by V.Easley DeMarce), died 19 July 1902 (gravestone), buried 21 July 1902 (S-19), Keeseville, NY.

Children:
 1.  Charles, baptised 8 Jun 1874 (B-51)
 2.  Pierre E., born & baptised 5 Nov 1875 (B-107/108), died 1959 (gravestone), Keeseville
 3.  Marguerite, born 18 April 1878, baptised 6 May 1878 (B-37)
 4.  William Olivier, born 5 Dec 1879, baptised 14 Dec 1879 (B-129)
 5.  Marie Agatha, born 23 April 1882, baptised 27 May 1882 (B-38)
 6.  Henrietta Elizabeth, baptised 28 Jun 1884 (B-51 note: parents and godparents were reversed in this entry.  Godparents were Cyrille Brion and Emma Bracormier)
 7.  Louis Andre, baptised 7 Feb 1886 (B-11)
 8.  Joseph Narcisse, born 25 Feb 1888, baptised 28 Apr 1888 (B-16)
 9.  Anne, baptised 2 Mar 1890 (B-10)
10.  Thomas, baptised 7 Feb 1892 (B-7)
11.  Mary Anne Helene, baptised 16 Jul 1893 (B-36)
12.  Lulicite Esther, baptised 21 Oct 1894 (B-48)
13.  Marie Ellen, born 15 Oct 1896, baptised 3 Nov 1896 (B-50)
14.  Agnes Denise, baptised 23 Jun 1902 (B-34)

All data was taken from the LDS Family History Microfilm # 1450721 except where indicated.  Information in ( ) is the number of the event for that particular year, ie. B-50 for Marie Ellen is the 50th baptism for 1896.
I hope this will be of some benefit to you.  If you ever run across marriage data for Joseph Brion and Marie Angelique Fontaine I hope you will drop me a line.  This is my largest brickwall.  They were both born in Canada but I believe they were married in NY state.  I believe they were living in Peru, NY about 1842 and then moved to Chesterfield.  They went to
church in Keeseville.  Both last names were corrupted many times in the microfilm mentioned above.  Brien, Brault, Brillon, Breau, Brisson and Fountain, LaFontaine, LaFountain, etc.   My last name is the Massachusetts version of Brion.  What a puzzle!!


More from Jerry:
        As you may know from the Lesperance pages within the Bigelow genealogy I have done considerable research on the Lesperance name. It is obvious that you have also. So I would like to exchange notes with you. In addition to the info in my message to Rod, I want to pass the following to you:
1. I don't have a copy of the marriage entry but my notes tell me that in her 1873 marriage to Charles Lesperance, Ms Brien used the first name Josephte. Yet in most subsequent records  she was Henriette or Henrietta
2. You may not have caught it on the Lesperance pages of the Bigelow genealogy, but the first Lesperance in North America, Corporal Jean Landie (or Landier ) dit Lesperance, married Marie-Suzanne BRIEN dit Desrochers at L'Assomption, L'Assomption County, Quebec on 29 May 1758.
3. I have Rene Jette's "Dictionnaire genealogique des familles du Quebec, des origines a 1730" (Genealogical Dictionary of Quebec Families from the beginning [early 1600's] to 1730.) This dictionary is an extraordinarily complete and accurate accounting of the early Quebec families. There is only one Brien or Brion who left descendants. The first marriage of that line in North America was Louis Brien dit Desrochers (son of Julien [or Elie] Brien and Jeanne Liou) from Brittany , France, who married Suzanne Bouvier at Montreal in 1681. They had 9 sons and 3 daughters all born at or near Montreal between 1682 and 1705. Seven of the sons married so they left quite a dynasty. Their first child Louis born 1682 in Montreal married Catherine Desrochers at Pointe-aux-Tembles (near Montreal) in 1718. Louis and Catherine's 8th child was Marie-Suzanne who married Corporal Jean Landier dit Lesperance. I consider it a better than a 50-50 chance that your name will trace to Louis Brien dit Desrochers and Suzanne Bouvier. But first you have to get past Joseph Brion.
     Many thanks for the info. It's rare that somebody offers me info. You sure spent a lot of time just typing it up. Yes, I had the marriage and 13 of the 14 kids that you listed. I didn't have Henrietta Elizabeth. I had an Andrew with no date of birth or baptism who is probably "your" Louis Andre; and I had a Joseph (again with no date of birth or baptism) who is probably "your" Joseph Narcisse. The 13 kids that I had were all baptized at St. John the Baptist Church (the Keeseville "French" Catholic Church)
        If you are interested in more on this family here are some marriages:
Charles m. Lya Desroches (date/place of m. unknown to me)
William Olivier m. Ida Provost (date/place of m. unknown to me)
Pierre m. Leah Barber, 8 May 1907, St J-B Church, Keeseville
Lulicite Esther (I have Juliette Esther) m. William Lebrun, 4 May 1915, St. J-B
Anne  m. Joseph Charland, 14 Nov 1911, St. J-B
        I have been working French-Canadian genealogy very heavily after I retired a second time in 1993. I am of 100% French-Canadian ancestry; ditto my wife who I met and married out here in paradise in 1954. I get back to New England, Clinton & Essex County, NY and Quebec every autumn. This year it will be late September. Rattle my chain in July or August and I'll make a note to try to do something about Joseph Brion and Marie-Angelique Fontaine on the September trip. But as you have already found out the name changes are a problem. Also that first marriage on the U.S. side of the border can be difficult to find. I only have two gaps in my entire pedigree: both in Northern Vermont; both first generation U.S. (it's politically incorrect to use "American" in this sense) people; and both in the last half of the 19th century.
        Let me make some suggestions for you: NY State and some of the counties in Northern NY made periodic censuses in addition to the U.S. census. These can be helpful. St J-B didn't get started until the 1850's so before that date the French Catholics used Immaculate Conception Church (the Irish church) in Keeseville but on the Essex County side. You might write them. Lastly, for a few years I was a member of the Northern NY American-Canadian Genealogical Society whose mailing address is Plattsburgh but whose library is in Keeseville. You can probably get them to do some research for you for a modest fee. (You can join them for a year for something like $20 and you can get some free services.) Let me know if you want more on this society. I don't have an address for immaculate Conception Church but it's a small town, so you could write to the church with just a Keeseville address.   Best,   Jerry Lesperance    lesperanj001@hawaii.rr.com
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LESPERANCE
Leah B.             Peter E.          Katherine R.
his wife                                        his wife
1885-1957       1875-1959         1875-1901

Charles Lesperance jr.
Rod Bigelow (Roger Jon)

Box 13
Dannemora, NY  12929
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